English → Latin
“cudgel” in Latin
baculumwalking stick, cane, staff; sceptre, rod, verge (staff of office); stick, cudgelfūstisa knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, clubscīpiōstaff, walking stickverberlash, whip, scourge, rod; a thong of a sling or other similar projectile weapons; a stroke with a whip, a lashing, scour
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cudgel s.
baculum (any stick; baculus is post-classical): fustis (for beating): scipio (σκίπων, σκήπων, for walking; but occasionally used as cudgel, Plaut.). To strike anybody on the head with a cudgel, alicujus caput baculo percutere.
cudgel v.
aliquem fusti verberare; fusti in aliquem animadvertere; aliquem petere baculo (to hit him or strike at him with a cudgel or stick). CUDGELLING; e.g., to get a good cudgelling or beating, male mulcari: to give anybody a good cudgelling, male mulcare aliquem (comical only, probe percutere: bene depexum dare, verberibus or fustibus irrigare aliquem).’
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cudgel?
- The usual Latin words for “cudgel” are baculum, fūstis, scīpiō; also verber. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.